“The Special Administrative Region government and its residents sincerely thank the central government for its support and care for Hong Kong,” he said.
“It will also further strengthen the cultural exchanges and people-to-people bonds between the mainland and Hong Kong.”
He was writing after Beijing’s National Immigration Administration announced on Saturday that, from May 27, residents from Taiyuan, Hohhot, Harbin, Lhasa, Lanzhou, Xining, Yinchuan, and Urumqi would be able to apply to visit on a solo basis instead of being restricted to tour group trips.
The expansion was the second in three months after Qingdao and Xian were added in February – the first increase since 2007.
But a check by the Post on Instagram-like mainland social media platform Xiaohongshu found several posts that advised travellers on how to get the most value out of their visit to Hong Kong by spending their nights in…
